Topic Updates

Release 3 of the Questions and Answers document was published in the additional documents section (below) on 26 January 2018.

15 December 2017 16:44

Release 2 of the Questions and Answers document was published in the additional documents section (below) on 15 December 2017.

21 November 2017 16:43

Release 1 of the Questions and Answers document was published in the additional documents section (below) on 17 November 2017.

Topic Description

Specific Challenge:

The development of new materials joined with the extensive use of new Additive manufacturing technologies are fundamentals enablers to develop high technology components such as LPT blades that will be installed on the next generation engines, characterized by reduced weight, increased reliability and performance. The main objective of this call is to develop and assess alloys by Powder Bed Additive process to be applied on Next Generation Low Pressure Turbine airfoils production. The definition of the chemical composition along with the optimization of the Additive process and heat treatment are the key activities that will be performed in order to obtain the optimal mechanical properties and producibility. Please refer to the full topic descriptions document published in this call.

Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.

7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.

Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.

Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in Annex L of the H2020 Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.

Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.

Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.

Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.

Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.

The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.